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The river was slightly on the high side but managed to find a few fishable spots. 3 smallish grayling + 1 small brownie.
Lost one other fish which felt a decent size. All fish on Czech nymphs. Lovely secluded beat shared only with the wildlife.

Hard work today. Not sure why as the river looked to be in reasonable condition. OK, so it was up a bit and really pushing through and it had been cold overnight. Talking to the farmer, the river had been carrying colour on Saturday, but come Sunday the colour had all but gone so it was a confident angler striding down to the bottom of the beat on a glorious autumn morning. Not to be though and, come lunchtime not so much as a sniff of a fish. More and more frequent changes of fly during the afternoon. All the usual suspects - PTNs, GRHEs, Copper Johns, Czech Nymphs etc - but to no avail. Finally saved the blank by putting on a Klinkhammer and casting to the first fish I had seen rise all day. More of the same in the next run on a day when results did not match application.

River in good condition - not too much colour. Barbel slow to show but one nice fish around 5lbs taken on meat in the Vanstone Pool tight under the near bank. Dace were a menace! Attacking all maggot baits almost as soon as they settled but they were not our target species.

Lovely spot with great access for my elderly father who has difficulty walking - he had a grand day out sitting by his beloved Wye in the autumn sunshine - worth every penny to see him happy. Thanks.

PS "Silver Tourist" about 10lbs showing in the Corner Tree.

Many thanks for a great day. Denise Ryeland and I both blanked. River was high and coloured due to overnight rain, but cleared and dropped as we were leaving the beat around 3pm! Despite blanking, it was a great opportunity to do a recce of the river for future visits - can't wait until May/June next year and the colours were just magnificent.

We stayed at Erris Villa in Builth - great hostess in Eileen Coyle, super facilities and breakfast.

Thanks to the Foundation for making booking so simple, affordable and supplying so much information as to make locating the beats so easy.

5 grayling - best approx 1lb. Trotted maggot. Conditions difficult rising water full of leaves.

Booked early on the day after overnight rainfall in Wales. Arrived at the bank early to find the river in spate at a good 3 foot over LSLs. Hunted out the slacker water off the crease. Could not find feeding fish till late afternoon when the river had fined down to around 18" over LSL's. 5 barbel to 7.5lbs, 3 chub to 2lbs all on pellet. The other gentleman who had booked on the same stretch (Paul), I witnessed weighing a perfect 10 3/4lb barbel.

Our second day on the river, as we were on the Lower Carrots and Luggsmouth beat yesterday, and the river had risen about five feet overnight and coloured up a lot. As I'm 78 and not so good on my pins, I decided I couldn't cope with carrying all my gear to find a fishable spot, which would inevitably have been quite a way from the car, so I gave up the idea, and sat and watched my son fish a small area of comparatively slack well down from the hut.
He had four good takes during the day on pellet and meat, resulting in four barbel hooked. One came unhooked, one broke him at the hook, but he landed two of 6lbs and 7lbs respectively.

Lovely day, near perfect conditions - mild, river up and coloured. Had 3 barbel, 5, 6 and 10.75 lbs. All taken at the lower end of the fishery on pellet. Lovely beat, excellent fishing. Thanks to all at the WUF and to fellow angler Simon for helping to photograph and return the fish. Limited access to the lower end of the beat.

Beautiful stretch of river, could do with a sign to confirm you are on the right beat (at least for "out of towners"). Arrived early but was woefully inequipped for the river, no fish in the 5/6 hours I was there, another chap had fished the previous day with no luck either. Fished the Vanstone Pool and was even more snaggy than I had imagined. Advice - take lots of heavy weight and be prepared to lose some tackle.

Overall great place to fish with enormous promise.

1 x 11 inch grayling, 2 x out of season trout 10 and 14 inches. A search for the elusive grayling with the trotting rod, and a difficult day really, although I am not quite sure why. The Monnow looked to be in excellent condition.